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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Applicants:
J Eric Mowat, Piedmont, CA (US);
Mehul S. Shah, Campbell, CA (US);
Szu-wen Kuo, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NetApp. Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention includes a method for selecting a replicated node from a domain of replicated nodes in a computer network. The method comprises maintaining a list of the replicated nodes; receiving a name resolution request to resolve a name for the domain into a network address; selecting one of the replicated nodes based on predefined selection criteria and in response to the name resolution request; and sending a network address of the selected replicated node to a network address associated with the name resolution request.